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Kützing described the species Achnanthes capensisKützing along with the variety Achnanthes capensisß multiarticulataKützing. The latter was based on ‘Achnanthes striataSuhr’, a name first mentioned, without description or figure, in Drège’s Zwei pflanzengeographische Documente. ‘Achnanthes striata’ became a synonym of Achnanthes capensisin Kützing’s protologue without it ever being validly published. All original specimens of Achnanthes capensis, A. capensisß multiarticulataand A. striataare from Table Bay, Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. This account describes specimens from original material for all three names in Achnanthesand clarifies their relationships. As no morphological differences among these three named taxa could be found based on light and scanning electron microscopy observations, we place the other two names into A. capensis, as this name has priority. In short, A. capensisß multiarticulataand A. striataare synonyms of Achnanthes capensis. |
